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How to Optimize PDF Files for Web Sites

November 16th, 2009 · Comments · Font, Formatting, How To, Style

Portable Document Format (PDF) is the defacto file format for presenting device-independent documents on and off the Web. While PDFs have become quite popular on the Web, many PDFs used in web sites are designed for high quality print output and are not optimized for the Web.

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How to Create Dynamic Web links in your Technical Documents

November 13th, 2009 · Comments · Formatting, How To, Style, Troubleshooting, Writing

Instead of using field codes to add filenames and file paths to your document, you can setup Word so that it displays these in the toolbar. You can then add these links to any page in an open document.

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3 Reasons Why Microsoft Word Documents Become Corrupt

September 22nd, 2009 · Comments · File Properties, Formatting, Troubleshooting

3 Reasons Why Microsoft Word Documents Become Corrupt

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How to Open & Save Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 files in earlier versions of MS Office

September 19th, 2009 · Comments · Formatting, How To, Troubleshooting

If you use MS Office XP, MS Office 2002/2003 and you want to open documents created in Office 2007 formats, you must install the Office Compatibility Pack. It’s free to download from Microsoft and easy to install.

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How to Fix Damaged & Corrupt Word 2007 Documents – Part 1

September 17th, 2009 · Comments · How To, Normal.dot, Templates, Troubleshooting

How to Fix Damaged & Corrupt Word 2007 Documents

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How to remove the Ribbon from Word 2007

September 10th, 2009 · Comments · How To

One of the things that annoys me the most in Word 2007 is the so-called ribbon. This is the menu bar that runs across the top of the screen and hold the menu options. As well as being very different that Word 2003, it tends to get in the way when taking screenshots or when [...]

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Word Tips on Twitter: 2009-06-17

June 17th, 2009 · Comments · Tips

FYI: Groundswell – How Social Media Technoloiges Really Work http://bit.ly/fj41Q #
Harvard Business Review – The Two Most Important Lists You'll Ever Keep http://ping.fm/LwNB9 #
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How to lose your fear of being fired http://ping.fm/YhqLf #
How fast is your Broadband? Check your speed here http://ping.fm/iGNOL #
FYI: How to [...]

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Dual Screen Wallpapers

June 17th, 2009 · Comments · How To

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How to Resize Fonts in Word 2003

June 17th, 2009 · Comments · Formatting, How To, Writing

To increase or decrease the font size in a Word document, follow these steps:

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How to Use Replace and Find in Word

June 17th, 2009 · Comments · Formatting, How To, Tricks, Troubleshooting, Writing

What’s the quickest way to delete text? 

Forget the backspace or delete keys. Instead, try this:

Select the block of text you want to delete and CONTINUE TYPING.

Word automatically deletes the text when you start to type. 

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Twitter Updates for 2009-06-16

June 16th, 2009 · Comments · Tips

Jeff Bezos: Kindle Books and Amazon Readers Are Separate Businesses http://ping.fm/8v5gc #
Hunch is not a “search engine” insists Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake, one of the people behind the new site. So, what is it? http://pi … #
New York Times – Sun to Cancel Big Chip Project http://ping.fm/ksCX6 #
FYI: How to Synchronize Files from Microsoft Office [...]

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How to add sound To Word Documents

June 16th, 2009 · Comments · Formatting, How To, Style, Writing

How to add sound To Word Documents

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Word Tip – How to Setup Split Screen in MS Word 2003/2007

June 16th, 2009 · Comments · Formatting, How To, Writing

When working on long documents it is sometimes useful to be able to see and edit other sections of the text at the same time. Word will let you do exactly that, though unless you stumble on the feature by accident you’ll probably never know it exists.
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Word Tip – How to create Screentips that enhance your documents

June 16th, 2009 · Comments · Formatting, How To, Style, Templates, Writing

ScreenTips are those little boxes that appear when you ‘hover’ your mouse over a hyperlink. As the name implies, they usually provide a small tip, or piece of information, about the word or phrase in question.

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